A/N: well here we are again, here's the newest chapter, right now I'm going back and forth between stories, I will be writing and posting a few chapters for this stories, and then go back to another, and so on, until they are done, thank you all for being patient, enjoy the chapter.
Wings of Steel 2: chapter 3: visit to the castle
It was a quiet peaceful night over the capitol city of Canterlot; the stars were shining brightly as they always did.
Princess Luna found herself walking through the halls of the castle; she had just raised the moon, not long ago, now she was heading to the library to meet her sister.
As she walked, she came up to a large door that served as the entrance to the castle library, as she approached; she used her magic to open them, and walked in.
The castle library was a massive room, many shelves filled with almost every book known to pony kind as well as others, but that wasn't why she was here, they were supposed to meet an old friend, as she walked in, the first thing Luna noticed was her older sister pacing back and forth, a worried look on her face.
"I take it he has not arrived yet, sister" she said as she walked up to her, "no not yet, he was supposed to be here a while ago, let's just hope he is busy doing something of importance" she said as she stopped and turned to her younger sister.
"I'm sure he is fine, with the Intel we received, he is probably, making sure that everything is alright, he will be here soon, just be patient, Tia" Luna said, and just as they did, they heard the sound of wings flapping, and the sound of hooves stepping down, out in the balcony.
They watched as a masked pony walked, with an apologetic look on his face, "so, your finally here, I trust you were doing something of greater importance" she said, the masked pony stopped and took a bow, "my apologies, you highness, but we have a problem" he said, when he did the princess raised an eyebrow, as he stood up, "what do you mean by that?" she asked.
The masked pony began, walking around the room, "it appears even though we stopped their little operation, they still managed to confront Twilight and her friends, they were led by none other than, Blade himself" he said, when the princess's heard that name, their eyes widened, "but how is that possible, we thought he was captured after the fire" Celestia said, looking down at her younger sister, with a concerned look.
"I'm not sure either, but what I do know is that, now that their forces are rebuilding, they are going to focus more and more on Twilight and her friends, we can't keep going back and forth between places, as well as protecting them, it would spread our forces to thin" he said looking at the princess's, Celestia sight and began pacing again.
"what do you think we should do then?" she asked looking at him, the masked pony sighed, and rubbed his head, "with them now focusing more on Twilight, our original plan, will become harder and harder to protect them, if you ask me, I think it's time we tell her the truth, we bring them here, where they can easily be protected, we thought that if they believed Steele was dead, then they would no longer be in harm's way, but I sorry to say this, your highness, but we were wrong, there will be nothing to stop them from trying again, in greater numbers" he said, the princess stopped and looked to her sister.
She sighed and began pacing again, the masked pony just watched and waited patiently, for her to answer, the princess did that for a few minutes, they could both tell that she was deep in thought, but eventually she came to her conclusion, she sighed and turned to him, "very well, I trust your judgment, I will send a letter to her tomorrow, telling her and her friends to come to canterlot, it pains me to have kept the secret from them so long, but I suppose your right, it's time they found out the truth, you'll have to go back, and try to convince her that you mean them no harm, hopefully she will not find out, before it's time" she said, turning back to her younger sister.
The masked pony sighed, "with all due respect your highness, you aren't the only one who was pained with having to keep such a secret… my team will leave later tonight" he said as he made his way to the door, Celestia spoke up.
"I can't imagine what it must feel like for you, keeping the truth from them, but you know it was for their own good, but now it seems we were both wrong, I know I've told you this many times before, but I want you to know, that…I'm sorry" she said, he stopped and turned his head back to her.
"There's nothing to be sorry for, your highness, I know that your decision was in their best interest, if only there could have been a better way, I have watched them, I could see the pain in their eyes, they lost a good friend, I also know what it feels like, all we can do is hope they will forgive us…goodnight your highness" he said as he opened the door, "yes, good night" she said as he exited the room.
A/N: well, there's another bit of suspense for you, but don't worry, the best is yet to come, peace.